Tennessee CLE FAQ

Fifteen credit hours every year – which must consist of no less than 12 general hours and 3 Ethics/Professionalism hours (or Dual hours) per year.

All 15 credit hours can be completed online.

All of our online and downloadable on-demand CLE courses have been approved for CLE credit by the Supreme Court of Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education.

Reporting Cycle: Annual
Compliance Deadlines: December 31
Reporting Deadline: March 1

Beginning with the 2026 compliance year, no CLE credit is awarded for passing a bar exam. If you were sworn in prior to September 1, you must complete the full fifteen (15) hour CLE obligation for that year. If you were sworn in on or after September 1, your CLE obligation begins the following year.

Yes, up to 1 year’s worth of both general (12 hours) and Ethics/Professionalism (3 hours) may be carried over. Ethics credits in excess of the annual requirement (a maximum of 3 hours) will be carried forward to the next year’s ethics requirement, but may NOT be used to satisfy any deficiency in the twelve (12) hour general requirement.

Yes, under the Tennessee CLE Requirements we must monitor your completion of the course. For online streaming video courses you must click on randomly inserted pop ups to confirm that you are viewing the video. For downloadable courses we have embedded numeric codes in the courses. You must write these numbers down and then enter them on our website after you complete the course to obtain your course certificate. Please note that the date you enter the codes and get the certificate is the date that will be printed on the certificate.

Yes, Attorney Credits does report your completed courses to the Supreme Court of Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education. Our automated attendance reports run weekly on Thursday. In addition, we also maintain a record of all your completed courses and you can access your certificates of completion at anytime from our website.

The Supreme Court of Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education will email you the Annual Report Statement by February 1. Attorneys that are short CLE hours, owe fees, or are claiming the Comity Compliance exemption must complete the Annual Report Statement and return it to the Supreme Court of Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education by March 1.

You can view your transcript online on the Supreme Court of Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education website: https://cle.tncourts.gov/attorneys-main/attorneys-login/.

For more information about CLE in Tennessee, please call the Supreme Court of Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education at (615) 741-3096 or visit the Supreme Court of Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education webpage: https://cle.tncourts.gov/.

You may also contact Attorney Credits by phone. For further assistance and information about the Tennessee CLE requirement, please call our Support Center at (760) 434-1885.